Burner-cleaner attachment for gas-lamps



No. 624,2l0. Patented May 2, I899.

F. w. HEDGELAND. BURNER CLEANER ATTACHMENT FOR GAS LAMPS.

(Application filed Jan. 19, 1899.) 4 N o M o d a l m Mm U ITED- STATESPATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK w. HEDGELAND, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BURNER-CLEANER ATTACHMENT FOR GAS-LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,210, dated May 2,1899.

Application filed January 19,1899. Serial No. 702,661. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. HEDGE- LAND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovementinBurner-CleanerAttachments for Gas-Lamps, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Acetylene-burners require that the gas-passage through them or throughtheir tips be cleaned occasionally of solid matter therein, and for thispurpose the lamps have in some cases been provided with needles or wiresadapted to be pushed through the passages, the needles or wires beinglocated where they are exposed to the corrodin g action of the gas andof the moisture contained in the gas. This construction is objectionablebecause the corrosion enlarges the diameter of the needle, so thatinstead of merely cleaning the passage it is apt to enlarge it, and,moreover,

the corrosion or rust may adhere to the walls can of course be used uponany gas-lamp.

The nature of the invention is fully set forth in the description givenbelow and is also illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which showsan elevation of a bicycle-lamp, partly broken away, to which myinvention is applied.

In said drawing, A represents the body of the lamp, B the reflector orhood, and C the burner.

D is a hollow plug or cap the interior of which forms a chamber orreceptacle entirely closed, except at the top, and preferably threadedin a bushing E, secured to or formed in the body of the lamp. A packingF may be inserted between the top of this socket and the overhangingparts of the chamber D. At its top a central opening is formed in thechamber, surrounded by an upstanding neck G, and in this neck is securedthe head H, hav ing the cleaning-wire J attached thereto and projectingdown into the chamber, as plainly other material from the wire and,after clean ing the burner-passage, to reinsert the wire in saidreceptacle. The implement is always at hand andready forimmediate use,and should the user forget to return it to its receptacle no harm willbe caused in the operation of the lamp, inasmuch as the receptacleefiects a proper closure of the opening in which it is inserted whetherthe needle be present or absent.

I claim- In a lamp, the combination of cap D having a water and gasexcluding receptacle formed on its under side, and a tip-cleaningimplement threaded in the cap and projecting into said receptacle,substantially as specified.

FREDERICK IV, HEDGELAND. Witnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, D. BARsTow.

